Williams v. Ragsdale

RYDER, Judge.

George Wallace Williams appeals from a court order granting a new trial on the issue of damages only. We reverse and remand for a new trial on both liability and damages.

In the early morning hours of December 4, 1982, appellant Williams, a cab driver, was picking up a fare outside the Waffle House. His cab partially blocked the driveway to the Waffle House. Clarence Whit-lock, with appellee John Ragsdale as his passenger, was forced to drive around appellant’s cab to enter the Waffle House parking lot. An altercation resulted.

After parking, Whitlock approached appellant who…